Browsing by Subject "Minorities"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)The purposes of this study were to measure attitudes toward agriculture of minority and non-minority students who were enrolled in an introductory agriscience course in Texas and to identify factors influencing minority ...
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(The Conversation, 2019-03-20)Cataloging and classification are critical to any library. Without them, finding materials would be impossible. However, there are biases that can result in patrons not getting the materials they need. This article illustrates ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Revised MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC-R) scores of 270 Black, Mexican-American, and White adult male misdemeanor probationers were compared to determine if ethnicity affects the scale's validity in differentiating problem ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-10-01)Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern among many industrialized countries. Authors Meer and Lim present a clear view on the effect of social networks on BMI for adolescents from randomly-assigned seventh ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-10-01)For decades, colleges and universities have focused on increasing racial diversity on college campuses through targeted policy efforts. Authors Hoekstra, Carrell and West investigate whether diversity causes members of the ...
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(2017-05-08)In this dissertation, I present an ethnographic exploration of how a post-migration community—the Persian community in Israel—constructs its identity. Drawing on cultural and postcolonial theories, I discuss the ways in ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The purpose of this study was to provide a description of the reading and writing characteristics of low achieving minority students in grades five, six, and seven. The 73 black and Hispanic subjects in the study were ...
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(2012-02-14)Although a relatively large amount of literature dealing with the demography of the People’s Republic of China has been published in recent decades, few sociologists and demographers have engaged in comparative studies of ...
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(2017-04-20)Hispanics, Blacks, and American Indians are historically underrepresented minorities in the sciences and even more so in the natural resource and related science (NRRS) majors. An effort to better understand retention and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The construct and concurrent validity of the Roberts Apperception Test for Children (RATC) was investigated for children of two ethnic groups and for males and females. The sample included 294 children ages 6-15 drawn from ...